Here's the rules:
Don't post in this thread unless its to post your brief AAR. Keep it short and concise.
Here's mine: (posted after the fact, so its all from memory)
Bolesław II, King of Poland, is remembered for his long a fairly peaceful rule. He saw some small consolidations of power, and marriages to many Royal Families. Sadly, his son was quite a disappointment. A hunchback, and homosexual, the vassals beneath him chafed at his rule, and he expired quite suddenly after only 3 years of rule. His brother (should have written names down) had a nearly 40 year rule, and was known as Ironsides. He further consolidated crown authority, and waged some limited warfare and gained some small holdings against the northern pagans, but was hedged in by Denmark. He fought an early war of succession against a brother who owned much of north east Poland, but came out victorious.
After Ironsides came a ruler who's name escapes me, and his rule was equally boring. He made further centralization measure for the Crown, and even instituted succession rules to see that only his own children would succeed his titles (which would be the undoing of the Dynasty). When he died and was succeeded by his young son, some of the vassals rebelled and war endured for a few years.
Eventually, Bohemia declared war for control of the Crown of Poland. Sadly, the current King's forces were in such a shambles that they were swept aside and some nobody in southern Germany became King of Poland.
After a few years of planning and preparation, the Duke of Poland rebelled, seeking to reclaim the Crown. After more than a few years of war, he was successful at doing so, but found that the Polish Crown was subject of the Holy Roman Empire, and to add insult to injury, he had married into a line which followed the wife's dynasty. So the new King of Poland's children were all of some minor Bohemian Family. All three of them.
When he directed an assassin to take care of t he first one, the charade was all over, and he was jailed by the Holy Roman Emperor. A plea for reprieve was met only with an Oubliette. Thus died the line.
I love this game.
Don't post in this thread unless its to post your brief AAR. Keep it short and concise.
Here's mine: (posted after the fact, so its all from memory)
Bolesław II, King of Poland, is remembered for his long a fairly peaceful rule. He saw some small consolidations of power, and marriages to many Royal Families. Sadly, his son was quite a disappointment. A hunchback, and homosexual, the vassals beneath him chafed at his rule, and he expired quite suddenly after only 3 years of rule. His brother (should have written names down) had a nearly 40 year rule, and was known as Ironsides. He further consolidated crown authority, and waged some limited warfare and gained some small holdings against the northern pagans, but was hedged in by Denmark. He fought an early war of succession against a brother who owned much of north east Poland, but came out victorious.
After Ironsides came a ruler who's name escapes me, and his rule was equally boring. He made further centralization measure for the Crown, and even instituted succession rules to see that only his own children would succeed his titles (which would be the undoing of the Dynasty). When he died and was succeeded by his young son, some of the vassals rebelled and war endured for a few years.
Eventually, Bohemia declared war for control of the Crown of Poland. Sadly, the current King's forces were in such a shambles that they were swept aside and some nobody in southern Germany became King of Poland.
After a few years of planning and preparation, the Duke of Poland rebelled, seeking to reclaim the Crown. After more than a few years of war, he was successful at doing so, but found that the Polish Crown was subject of the Holy Roman Empire, and to add insult to injury, he had married into a line which followed the wife's dynasty. So the new King of Poland's children were all of some minor Bohemian Family. All three of them.
When he directed an assassin to take care of t he first one, the charade was all over, and he was jailed by the Holy Roman Emperor. A plea for reprieve was met only with an Oubliette. Thus died the line.
I love this game.
) His brother gave me the position of spymaster and seneshal of France which I gladly accepted. Nothing beats subverting the realm from the inside! Seeking to expand my powerbase my son married the daughter of the duke of toulouse not only to establish an alliance but also to get a chance to inherit it. Alas as fate wanted it the brothers of my daughter-in-law all happened to have "accidents" and when old Duke Guilhem died and his son inherited the entire southern half of France was under my control and poised to become a real powerhouse as soon as the grandson inherits.
